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We will ask his Mrs and ordinary people if and how Brexit might

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affect them. If push came to shove and she had to

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go back to Poland I would be going with her.

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In other news, Derby City Council plans an end to cuts but a rise in

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council tax. Holy God, our lives are laid open

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before you. And the churches offering mobile Ash

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Wednesday Lessing 's. -- blessings. Good evening and welcome

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to BBC East Midlands Today with Dominic Heale in the studio

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and me, Anne Davies, in Leicester. We are likely to be days away from

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Theresa May triggering Article 50 and starting the process of Brexit.

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Eight months ago we were here at Cafe Bruxelles in Leicester

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But how have our lives changed in the eight months since then?

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We are not talking to the politicians.

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Joining me now is Chris Hobson from the East Midlands Chamber.

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We will also be talking to expats and EU nationals. And businesses,

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how are they faring since the vote? There's been warnings from some

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major international companies like Toyota that it may impact

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on their manufacturing We are looking at two companies, one

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of them experiencing an increase in exports, the other experiencing an

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increase in costs. A survey of local businesses by the

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East Midlands Chamber of Commerce paints a more positive picture. In

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the last three months of 2016 43% of businesses involved in the UK market

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had seen an increase in activity and 36% of those involved in overseas

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markets also saw an upturn. Encouragingly, 62% of businesses

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expect their turnover to improve over the next year. But there are

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concerns and almost half of the businesses said one of the biggest

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worries was exchange rates. That is something that can make all the

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difference to a company's profit or loss.

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Two growing businesses in the East Midlands,

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both affected by the referendum and the drop in the

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Exports are up and selling in euros means revenue has also increased.

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Paying for services in euros means costs have risen and that is having

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Ian Baxter set up Nottingham-based haulage company Baxter Freight

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We are growing at around 35% per annum at the moment,

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But Brexit has hit the business hard.

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We tend to sell in pounds to British customers,

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The question is, how long will it take for us to pass those costs on?

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What will be the implication for British companies when that happens?

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Over in Ashbourne in Derbyshire, business has been booming

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And how much has it improved since the referendum?

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We have had enquiries up by 52%, which is really good.

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That is now translating into orders and engagement

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with the customers, export and the UK.

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How much have you seen your whole business grow in the last year?

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The company, which designs and manufactures load-moving

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electric tugs, puts much of that growth down to exports.

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Once the referendum had happened, albeit good or bad

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for different people, we moved to a level of uncertainty.

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Now we know what we're going to do, people started getting back

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to business, started making decisions and investments

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and our business picked up on the back of that.

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Back at Baxter Freight, although he was a keen Remainer,

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Ian is determined to see a positive future going forward

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There will be customs barriers to trade with the European Union.

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Customs clearances. And there will be extra costs.

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But in the longer term, I think the UK can, if it

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plays its cards right, get a decent deal with

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the European Union and hopefully good new trade agreements

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And both businessmen agree that making swift and decisive

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Brexit plans is the key to future prosperity.

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Joining me now is Chris Hobson from the East Midlands Chamber.

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I think businesses that have been importing lot have seen costs go up

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but it is fair to say that the majority of our businesses have seen

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business improve over the last six months, those that trade overseas

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and indeed in the domestic market. Looking forward, you expressed

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concern about increasing costs of trade with the EU. Is that

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reflected? Yes, coming out of the customs union there will be costs

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but businesses that trade overseas face all kinds of costs and they

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will be working on how they can include that in their business

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model. Certainty is the keyword. One of the gentlemen there said it was

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uncertainty which is his concern and swift and decisive decisions need to

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be made. Let's be honest, our businesses have a real appetite to

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grow but they have questions over migration, access, tariffs. When

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they know how the land lies Bible make plans to continue with this. --

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they will make. Thousands of British expats,

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who've left the East Midlands, And tonight, the House of Lords

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votes on whether EU nationals already living here

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should be guaranteed Our social affairs correspondent,

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Jeremy Ball, reports. For the Hudsons at Basford

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in Nottingham Brexit means Rob and two-year-old Mila

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are British citizens but Natalya They know the Government's confident

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of a Brexit deal that means Natalya can stay

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here but what if there is no Quite worried,

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because I'm happy here. There's always that uncertainty that

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I will be asked to leave or that there will be additional

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costs for us because I might have I've had a conversation

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with my mother - if push comes to shove and Nat was told she needed

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to go back to Poland, I'd be I would have to apply but it's

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something that I'd be willing to do It would just be a huge upheaval

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to have to move everything to Poland and it would be more difficult

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for me to find a job there I feel I belong here and that's

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where my family belongs. This evening Natalia's

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future is being debated They're likely to vote

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for guarantees that EU nationals can stay in the UK but MPs are expected

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to overturn that decision so the Government can negotiate

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a reciprocal deal that protects People like Jane, who moved

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to Spain from Nottingham. She lives in Majorca after years

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working at Rolls-Royce in Derby Jane's husband David

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is a Spanish citizen. I don't think there

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will be any protection. It is quite worrying

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because I want to make a life here. We don't know if we can buy a house,

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I don't know if I can stay For me the worst-case scenario

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is that I would have to give up my British citizenship and become

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a Spanish citizen and really that's I'm British and I want

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to stay being British. And back in Basford Natalia

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is considering whether she should But that is costly and complicated

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and success isn't guaranteed. Brexit really hurt because I

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just felt like I'm not The Prime Minister has made it clear

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she wants to protect the residency rights

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of people like Natalia but until there is a firm

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deal their lives, their futures, Also joining me this

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evening is Alistair Jones from De Montfort University,

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who is an expert in European We heard the concerns

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from those couples - In some respects they should be

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worried. It is the uncertainty, we don't know when Brexit will happen,

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we don't know if Article 50 will be activated, we don't know what will

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happen through the negotiations. The uncertainty is causing the fear. If

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they knew the outcome they could start planning for the future as to

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where they would like to live but with the uncertainty they just don't

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know and that causes distress for so many people. If you had a crystal

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ball, when are we going to know? The plan is to have Article 50 activated

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by the end of the month. It could be as early as the 15th, leading to a

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conference in the EU, but it could be the end of the month. She said

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the end of March, that is the plan. The TUC has warned today that

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businesses including care providers and the NHS will suffer if migrants

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lose their right to work in the EU - how will businesses

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in the East Midlands be affected by changes to employment

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for EU citizens? The NHS and adult social care is not

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just EU migrants, it is other migrants as well. Their situation

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will not change. Otherwise we just don't know, they don't know. We

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don't know anything, that seems to be it! So many issues, we have

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barely scratched the surface. Can you give us a date when it will be

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triggered? 15th of March is the ideal scenario, definitely by the

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end of the month. If that is the case, two years later we will leave

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the EU on the 1st of April. Thank you. Now back to the studio for the

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rest of the day's news. A 13-year-old boy's died

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and another teenager's in hospital, after an incident

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at a house in Nottinghamshire. Police say a woman's been arrested

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and questioned as a result. Our reporter Geeta Pendse

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is in Bramcote for us now. Police were called to slow and drive

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here just before 1am on Monday morning. The 13-year-old boy was

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taken to hospital where he died last night. A 36-year-old woman has been

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arrested on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug and causing grievous

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bodily harm. She has been bailed pending further enquiries. Another

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boy, 14, was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition. I

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have spoken to a number of people who live on this quiet residential

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street and they told me how shocked they are and how sad and they are by

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this boy's death. The police are here and they continue to

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investigate what happened here. Thank you.

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Still to come in sport, the latest name in the frame to replace

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Ranieri. And as tougher penalties come into

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force for using your mobile phone while driving we will be out with

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police officers to catch people out. And taking tradition outside the

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church walls onto the streets of Derby for Ash Wednesday.

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Derby City Council's increasing council tax by almost 5%, to help

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But the council still needs to find ?28 million in savings by 2020.

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However, the new budget will also see more investment in services,

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The plans are being outlined at a full council

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meeting this evening - James Roberson reports.

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Derby has made 135 minutes pounds in savings since 2010. In that period

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the government payments to the city of gone down by 50% and council

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costs have risen by 51%. Now the council leader says Derby citizens

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have had enough blooms. Tonight he announces that the concert cup last

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year will be back this year, with over 16s paying ?5 each. People said

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they wanted to come back to the city and they said they wanted to pay for

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it so I encourage the public to keep looking out for information. Now he

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says there are 50 pledges that the city, including that work will begin

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to replace this swimming pool, there are plans for the old Debenhams and

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duck with Square areas and plans for a performance area and the

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marketplace. Horticulture will be funded again, it is aiming to be

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Britain's cleanest city and the lights will have a proper switch on

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at Christmas. I have never seen discontent across the city against

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the council in all the years I have been a councillor and a resident of

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this city. It really is very bad, the situation, and they have a long

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way to go to repair that damage. We have done that very difficult job

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and we are coming through it and there is a bit of light at the end

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of the tunnel and we think it is important to say, these are the

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challenges, we have not always got it right, but Derby will be back in

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bloom. Three companies are being given

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the chance to bid for The Department of Transport says

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Arriva East Midlands, First Trenitalia East Midlands Rail

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and current operator Stagecoach East Midlands Trains

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are all hoping to run services Once the invitation to tender has

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been issued, each company can A man's due in court to face fraud

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allegations in connection with last year's city-council

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elections in Derby. Police say the 59-year-old is facing

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16 counts of making false statements on nomination papers

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for eight candidates. He's been summonsed

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to appear before magistrates Derbyshire Police have started

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a week-long crackdown on drivers penalties for people caught

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using their phones while driving. From today, offenders

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will be given a ?200 fine and six points

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on their licence - Police have pulled this man over

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for using his mobile He's been given a ?200 fine and six

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points on his licence, From today the penalties

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for the offence have doubled, while new drivers

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will have their licence taken away. The tougher measures

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have been introduced with a week-long crackdown by forces

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across the country. Derbyshire Police were here

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in Morley this morning to catch We are seeing it now

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as a modern-day drink-driving. Drink-driving has become

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socially unacceptable, Mobile phone on the other hand

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we see a worrying trend We see it across all boards

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of drivers, young to older, delivery drivers, young drivers,

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everybody seems to be doing it. In the afternoon we join officers

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in an HGV on the hunt You get a number of

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people taking selfies. You have people on Snapchat

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filming themselves driving, people with iPads watching movies

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with the kids in the car. Half an hour in and they spot

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a driver on his phone. White van next to us,

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he's got his mobile phone held to his right shoulder,

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speaking into it. Police say this sort of operation

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is likely to become more common as they try to prevent people

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from risking their Twycross Zoo is to get rid

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of its herd of elephants, saying it's no longer viable

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to breed them there. The announcement comes three years

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after the youngest arrival, Esha, was born at the

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Leicestershire zoo. Managers say they're negotiating

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with other wildlife centres to help keep a breeding

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programme going elsewhere. No date's yet been set

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for when the four female Asian Starting with Leicester City, who,

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we understand, have been talking informally to former England manager

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Roy Hodgson about the Hodgson is just one of several

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possible candidates and, if he wants the job,

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will face competition from home and abroad,

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including probably acting manager Craig Shakespeare if results

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continue to improve. Well, time to round up

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last night's action. Result of the night belonged

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to Notts County, winning away That coming up - but we start

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with Derby, who are well It is now no wins in six games

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for Derby and they're ten points off the play-offs,

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after a hugely disappointing defeat Alex Pearce gave away the penalty,

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Craig Conway buried it. Derby did nearly equalise right

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at the end but this is now three In League Two, Mansfield made

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the long trip to Yeovil and came Scott Shearer could easily have been

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sent off in just the fifth minute. Notts County are suddenly flying,

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and what a result this is. A third goal in four

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games for George Grant, on loan from over the river

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at Forest, enough to see the Magpies to a win away at second-place

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Plymouth Argyle. Kevin Nolan says his

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players are learning fast. One other bit of sporting news -

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a five-game ban handed to Nottingham Panthers' Robert

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Farmer. It's for this moment -

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watch the bottom of A cross check to the head gets

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you thrown out of that game and then in front

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of the disciplinary committee. Farmer will be back for the final

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four games of the regular season. And Britain's best are in

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the East Midlands this weekend And the venue is the brand-new

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David Ross Sports Village Mark Shardlow has been to see two

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of the players who hope At every training session

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thousands of shots are made. Kind of just keep going and going,

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you know the saying, Sometimes they even

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need a robot to help. Keep working hard and eventually

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hopefully we get the end For Kelly Sibley that means success

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for her and for those she coaches, like Danny Reed, a Masters student

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at the university in brain imaging, I got into psychology

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through table tennis, The future is in the science

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of looking at brains It's a heavy degree

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but I really enjoy it. Preparations for major tournaments

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involve plenty of time in the gym. The last bit you use is the hand

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but actually surprisingly A lot of people get injuries

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in the hips, in the lower back, in their shoulders, things

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like that, because when you play on the highest level it's

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a really demanding sport. This weekend there are also

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"come and try it" tables, top tips for those who have not

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played in ages. I think people don't

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realise how quick it is. When you see it in real life it's

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so much quicker and kind of the power that everybody puts

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into their shots and the quick Kelly and Danny are together

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in the mixed doubles, but Kelly is also gunning

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for the singles title. Unfortunately I lost last year

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but I'm kind of ready to try and win my title back and it's just

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brilliant that such a big event is being hosted

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here and I'm really excited. The events start tomorrow,

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with finals day on Sunday. I think Mark has some catching up to

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do. Busy shoppers in Derby

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were offered traditional Ash Wednesday blessings

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in a new way today. Churches set up three so-called

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Ashes-to-go stations in the city, offering passers-by the chance

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to have the sign of the cross made It's to mark the beginning of Lent,

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which is the period leading Among the busy crowds in Derby,

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a sign of faith for all to see. Today churches in the city took

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Ash Wednesday to the streets. We all know about Shrove Tuesday

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and making pancakes and all of that, but often we forget that

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following that day is Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent,

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so we've decided to try and bring it back into people's minds,

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signing people with the mark of the cross on their forehead

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and praying for them. Palm branches used in last year's

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Palm Sunday celebrations are burnt They're a symbol of our mortality,

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a sign of a fresh start At this, one of three so-called

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Ashes-to-go stations set up between Irongate

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and St Peter's Street, people paused for a blessing

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and a moment of reflection. It's important, the Church should be

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out to show the love of God. It's a brilliant thing to do,

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isn't it, to get people involved in the church rather than sort

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of waiting for them to come For some people coming

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into a church is quite difficult. It is actually not a neutral

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space for many people, like it might have been

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in years gone by. So often our services and traditions

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are within the walls of the church but that's not good enough any more

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these days, we have to come out into the communities and meet

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people where they are. It's a modern take

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on an ancient service. Services are also being

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held at churches across And the weather kept fine, it was

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rather nice today. It was, for the first day of spring

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we have not done too bad. We started off with a beautiful sunrise this

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morning. Most of us saw lovely sunny spells

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through the day today. As we move to the next few days it will be quite

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an unsettled picture, a series of weather fronts coming up from the

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south-west ringing outbreaks of rain and windy conditions. One of those

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is coming up as we move through the evening and overnight, turning

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increasingly cloudy, some outbreaks of rain that could fall as snow over

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high ground. A bit of a wintry mix even down to low levels in the early

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hours. Temperatures slightly cooler in the countryside. A breezy start

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to the day tomorrow, that cloud and rain with us first thing, then

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through the morning the cloud will clear, the rain will fizzle out and

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it looks like a decent afternoon, some sun and temperatures reaching 9

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degrees, and the breeze easing. By Friday it is a return to something a

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bit wetter. We have this low pressure coming from the south-west

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and that will bring outbreaks of rain later into the day and it looks

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like it will linger over us into Saturday as well. Some rain on

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Saturday as well, a wet start the -- to the weekend and it looks like it

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will be dry on Saturday. We have just heard that Derby City

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Council's meeting has been stopped because of a protest. More on that

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at 10:25pm. Until then, good I think my political beliefs are

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really quite straightforward. I believe that our country needs to

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work for everyone. Not just for the rich,

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not just for the privileged, not just for those who know

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the right people or who've got the loudest voices, but a country

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that really works for everyone, has the opportunity to be

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who they want to be. In order to make sure that the

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country works for everyone, Standing up for the vulnerable,

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for the voiceless,

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